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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: North Dowdeswell Alternative Name: The CastlesCountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Village: Upper Dowdeswell
Map Ref: SO99851910
Latitude: 51.870474N Longitude: 2.003584W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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On the Northwest, South west and South sides there is a single bank and ditch, this is best preserved on the southwest side where the bank stands up to 1.5metres high with a ditch that appears to be around 7metres wide although at this point the ditch is being used as a farm track and may have widened though this use over time. On the east side of the fort the ground drops away steeply. The interior of the fort is cultivated, surface finds have included Roman and Medieval pottery.
Public footpaths go along the south and southwestern sides of the hillfort.
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